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THE KOREAN OPEN LETTER PAGE 12 MAY 1947.
They Cannot reveal their dissatisfaction. They just follow them*
blindly. A small number of better than high school graduates are
keeping silent about their dissatisfaction. Other patriots are
forced to join the labor party in order to make a minimum living.
Thus, more than 80$ of laborers and clerks are in reality extremely
antagonistic to this administration, although, on the surface, they
appear to be satisfied. They are eagerly awaiting the success of
the rea,l patriots who are sacrificing everything for the country.
They are anxious to have Dr. Rhee a,nd Kim Koo in pov/er. Even among
the members of" the labor party about 70 to 80$ are not members in
the true sense, but just have a semblance of labor party membership.
The Koreans in the North havq recently created a few new slang
expressions. When they meet they ask each other "Are you tDanggunfM
which means a red beet; or "Are you fHong Daegun1" which is a radish,
red on the outside but white on the inside. By this they discover
if the other is really red, a party member in the true sense or
.whether he is just pretending to be red because of circumstances.
The total number of'employees cf factories and other companies has
doubled during the v/ar, yet the ra,te of production lias been reduced to one-half. Consequently, it is not only difficult to
operate the factories but there is absolutely no hope of developing
them in the future.
15 . MINING
According to the investigation the food ration for the minors is
relatively liberal. The amount of gold* production, hov/ever, is an
absolute secret, particularly the gold'mine formerly owned by Choi
Chang Hak located in Kusong County, North Pyongan Province which
employs 520 people under the supervision of the local government of
North Pyongan Province. The inspectors are Russians. The mined
gold is handled by persons who'..are appointed by the Russians'and"
who know how to speak the Russian language well. Ordinarily, employees are not allowed to handle the gold and no one knows where
this gold is transported.
16 SOVIET MISSION OF LEE KEE YONG AND OTHERS
The Soviet Mission has returned to Pyonyang after a two months'
stay in Russia. The prime objective was to purchase 200,000 tons
pf grain and to expand the military establishments. They claim,
through the labor party, that with the outbreak of a Russian-American
war in the near future, the 38th Parallel will be abolished. They
also claim that the Atomic Bomb cannot be used because it is only
a nominal thing and though it is. not to be announced, if the United
States should use the atomic bomb, everything is ready for defense
^gainst it. Therefore, there is no need to worry about'that. The
authorities in the Northern Korea area tell the people that they
are going to occupy the Seuthern part. With this in mind they are
making a supreme effort to uriite the people in the North. They leave
the people in the dark by completely controlling the newspapers,
radios and other informatory sources, and by telling them falsehoods.
17" Although the statistical .figures are not available at present,
' the financial condition in Northern Korea is exceedingly difficult.
In north Pyongyang Province, for example, the local government was
not able to pay the wages of their employees during* the months of
August, September and October. In addition to this** neither the
Provincial Government nor the North Korea People's Committee have
any way to pay out the deficit of 70,000,000 yen.
18 ELECTION
Forty-one members of The Special City Committee in Pyongyan were
appointed by The National Unification Front. The number of voting
places is 450 (total numbers are not listed.) Forty thousand people
were distributed to each locality to carry out the campaign. The
campaign slogans are: 1-to antagonize the people against the American
Military Government policy; 2- to support railv/ay and other factory
strikes and 3- to insult Dr. Rhee and Chairman Kim Koo and to attack
their followers. A donation was collected by the high school and
grade school children on the trains, stations and streets and each
factory v/orker and clerk was forced, to work an extra hour in order
to donate,the amount of extra wages to help out the hungry strikers
in Southern Korea. The voters must support the candidates appointed
.by The National Unification Front. Otherwise the authorities say that
the voters will be punished with a heavy penalty.
In the voting place the pictures of Stalin and Kim IV Sung are
posted in each locality, from September 25 to November 3, and the
people are told that'this is the first democratic election in Korea's
history* On November 3, 1946, a number of patriots v/ere arrested
in.order to prevent an uprising. On the same day at 12 noon, November
3rd, a bomb was exploded in Kangsd County while the voting was going
on
.

THE KOREAN OPEN LETTER PAGE 12 MAY 1947.
They Cannot reveal their dissatisfaction. They just follow them*
blindly. A small number of better than high school graduates are
keeping silent about their dissatisfaction. Other patriots are
forced to join the labor party in order to make a minimum living.
Thus, more than 80$ of laborers and clerks are in reality extremely
antagonistic to this administration, although, on the surface, they
appear to be satisfied. They are eagerly awaiting the success of
the rea,l patriots who are sacrificing everything for the country.
They are anxious to have Dr. Rhee a,nd Kim Koo in pov/er. Even among
the members of" the labor party about 70 to 80$ are not members in
the true sense, but just have a semblance of labor party membership.
The Koreans in the North havq recently created a few new slang
expressions. When they meet they ask each other "Are you tDanggunfM
which means a red beet; or "Are you fHong Daegun1" which is a radish,
red on the outside but white on the inside. By this they discover
if the other is really red, a party member in the true sense or
.whether he is just pretending to be red because of circumstances.
The total number of'employees cf factories and other companies has
doubled during the v/ar, yet the ra,te of production lias been reduced to one-half. Consequently, it is not only difficult to
operate the factories but there is absolutely no hope of developing
them in the future.
15 . MINING
According to the investigation the food ration for the minors is
relatively liberal. The amount of gold* production, hov/ever, is an
absolute secret, particularly the gold'mine formerly owned by Choi
Chang Hak located in Kusong County, North Pyongan Province which
employs 520 people under the supervision of the local government of
North Pyongan Province. The inspectors are Russians. The mined
gold is handled by persons who'..are appointed by the Russians'and"
who know how to speak the Russian language well. Ordinarily, employees are not allowed to handle the gold and no one knows where
this gold is transported.
16 SOVIET MISSION OF LEE KEE YONG AND OTHERS
The Soviet Mission has returned to Pyonyang after a two months'
stay in Russia. The prime objective was to purchase 200,000 tons
pf grain and to expand the military establishments. They claim,
through the labor party, that with the outbreak of a Russian-American
war in the near future, the 38th Parallel will be abolished. They
also claim that the Atomic Bomb cannot be used because it is only
a nominal thing and though it is. not to be announced, if the United
States should use the atomic bomb, everything is ready for defense
^gainst it. Therefore, there is no need to worry about'that. The
authorities in the Northern Korea area tell the people that they
are going to occupy the Seuthern part. With this in mind they are
making a supreme effort to uriite the people in the North. They leave
the people in the dark by completely controlling the newspapers,
radios and other informatory sources, and by telling them falsehoods.
17" Although the statistical .figures are not available at present,
' the financial condition in Northern Korea is exceedingly difficult.
In north Pyongyang Province, for example, the local government was
not able to pay the wages of their employees during* the months of
August, September and October. In addition to this** neither the
Provincial Government nor the North Korea People's Committee have
any way to pay out the deficit of 70,000,000 yen.
18 ELECTION
Forty-one members of The Special City Committee in Pyongyan were
appointed by The National Unification Front. The number of voting
places is 450 (total numbers are not listed.) Forty thousand people
were distributed to each locality to carry out the campaign. The
campaign slogans are: 1-to antagonize the people against the American
Military Government policy; 2- to support railv/ay and other factory
strikes and 3- to insult Dr. Rhee and Chairman Kim Koo and to attack
their followers. A donation was collected by the high school and
grade school children on the trains, stations and streets and each
factory v/orker and clerk was forced, to work an extra hour in order
to donate,the amount of extra wages to help out the hungry strikers
in Southern Korea. The voters must support the candidates appointed
.by The National Unification Front. Otherwise the authorities say that
the voters will be punished with a heavy penalty.
In the voting place the pictures of Stalin and Kim IV Sung are
posted in each locality, from September 25 to November 3, and the
people are told that'this is the first democratic election in Korea's
history* On November 3, 1946, a number of patriots v/ere arrested
in.order to prevent an uprising. On the same day at 12 noon, November
3rd, a bomb was exploded in Kangsd County while the voting was going
on
.